TY - GEN
T1 - Antennas in Walls
T2 - 2025 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2025
AU - Wedage, L. T.
AU - Vuran, Mehmet C.
AU - Butler, Bernard
AU - Argyropoulos, Christos
AU - Balasubramaniam, Sasitharan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025 IEEE.
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - This study presents a simulated transceiver with a microstrip patch antenna (MPA) designed to resonate at 150 GHz and embedded in paint. The in-paint MPA (IP-MPA) is designed for the Internet of Paint (IoP) paradigm, which envisions seamless device communication through a paint layer on walls. This study introduces a comprehensive channel model for transceivers in paint at arbitrary depths and IP-MPA orientations. The best antenna orientations are analyzed for IoP channel performance. Extensive simulations indicate that the lateral waves, which propagate along the air-paint interface, exhibit the lowest loss, making this path the most reliable for communication between transceivers in paint. Furthermore, the maximum received power for each propagation path, except for the direct path, depends on depth. The findings suggest that the proposed network of IP-MPA-enabled transceivers for IoP has the potential to transform conventional walls into an integrated high-speed wireless communication and sensing infrastructure.
AB - This study presents a simulated transceiver with a microstrip patch antenna (MPA) designed to resonate at 150 GHz and embedded in paint. The in-paint MPA (IP-MPA) is designed for the Internet of Paint (IoP) paradigm, which envisions seamless device communication through a paint layer on walls. This study introduces a comprehensive channel model for transceivers in paint at arbitrary depths and IP-MPA orientations. The best antenna orientations are analyzed for IoP channel performance. Extensive simulations indicate that the lateral waves, which propagate along the air-paint interface, exhibit the lowest loss, making this path the most reliable for communication between transceivers in paint. Furthermore, the maximum received power for each propagation path, except for the direct path, depends on depth. The findings suggest that the proposed network of IP-MPA-enabled transceivers for IoP has the potential to transform conventional walls into an integrated high-speed wireless communication and sensing infrastructure.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105036356137
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105036356137#tab=citedBy
U2 - 10.1109/GLOBECOM59602.2025.11431958
DO - 10.1109/GLOBECOM59602.2025.11431958
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:105036356137
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM
SP - 2807
EP - 2812
BT - GLOBECOM 2025 - 2025 IEEE Global Communications Conference
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 8 December 2025 through 12 December 2025
ER -